Wildly Flowering Finland: Mustikka - Blueberry ( Vaccinium myrtillus )

Voi iso harmi. Viime yönä oli kylmää ja hallaa. Toivottavasti mustikan kukinta ei siitä kärsinyt. Odotan niin tuoretta mustikkapiirakkaa pullataikinaan leivottona kylmän maidon kera.

It was frosty and very cold last night. Hopefully the flowering blueberries survived the cold weather otherwise we don't get  any berries at summer. 
My favorite pie is made of bun dough spiced lightly with cardamom and filled with fresh blueberries and a little bit sugar. The only right way to serve the blueberrypie is with icecold fresh milk. 

 En osaa edes arvata kuinka monta litraa tästä pienestä mustikkavarvikosta saisi, jos vain kasvukausi olisi suotuisa.

I can't even imagine how much blueberries one can get of this little area if everything goes okay.

Wildly Flowering Finland: Sinivuokko ( Anemone hepatica )

My biggest favorite flower in Finnish nature! I wait Hepaticas every spring. Hepaticas are so rare that they are not allowed to pick up.

Wildly Flowering Finland: Wood Anemone - Valkovuokko ( Anemone nemorosa )

All mothers get these white and beautifull Wood anemones on The Mother's Day on sunday. It's an old tradition in our family that year after year children gathers these wildflowers to their mothers and grandmothers. They are easy to pick a big bunch of flowers. I'm waiting for them ...

Wildly Flowering Finland: Leskenlehti - Widow's leaf ( Tussilago farfara )

First flowers in Spring are these tiny little "Suns" after dark, wetty akd cold winter. Everyone is waiting for to see them - then begins summertime!
We called them "Widow's leaf". In garden they are a big trouble, beacause they are difficult to get rid of.
Flowers ja leaves are a little bit poisonous.

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